Winter 25-26 Transfer Window - hopes, speculation, rumours etc.

[rooboy316]

He won't get near the team ahead of Rogers and Buendia. He's too much money sank in to a poorly thought out panic signing by Monchi to try to appease everyone and paper over his summer of failure. He will go back and Emery will target a position that does need strengthening, out wide with pace.

Buendia’s form has really put a spanner in Elliot’s future for us.

Nasef could always have an Egyptian to Egyptian chat with Salah. He could be good for half a season

Maybe they could go for a walk together, like.

[Drummond]

Our squad

Goalie
Martinez
Bizot

RB
Cash
Garcia
Konsa
Bogarde

RCB
Konsa
Lindelof
Bogarde

LCB
Torres
Mings
LIndelof

LB
Maatsen
Digne

CDM
Kamara
Onana
Bogarde

CM
Tielemans
Onana
McGinn

RW
Rogers
Guessand
McGinn
Elliott

LW
Sancho
Buendia
Maatsen
McGinn

10
Rogers
Buendia
Tielemans
McGinn
Elliott

CF
Watkins
Malen

I'd say the front line is where we need to strengthen, and we need some genuine pace too.

Mateta would be worth a go I reckon. Thiago perhaps? Toney, no thanks. Ferguson wouldn't get in our team.

Salah would never come and given his pathetic outburst at the weekend, I wouldn't want him anyway.


Guessand

[Somniloquism]

No Barkley? Would also drop Malen as an option for RW and Kamara for CB options based on who you have placed there.

[Dave]

Mateta would be worth a go I reckon.

Be very surprised to see Mateta go anywhere in January - if he carries on doing what he's doing, he goes (and probably) starts for France at the World Cup. He'd be daft to come and fight for a place with Watkins and Malen for the run up to that.

Then next summer he has the World Cup and twelve months left on his Palace contract. That would be the time for him to push for a move elsewhere.

[Drummond]

I agree, I'd be surprised, but he won't sign a new deal, and might be tempted (though whether Palace would consider it is a whole different question).

And yes, forgot Barkley. Kamara is someone who can cover CB, as is Malen for RW. Though clearly they are more desperation measures than actual positions.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Ivan Toney would be gettable I think, as he'd be looking to get into World Cup consideration.

And we could use someone who can take a penalty.

Might cause dressing room disruptions though,as he'd be contending with Ollie for club and country.

[Somniloquism]

Don't we lose Guessand for a month or so after this weekend?

[cdbearsfan]

Yep.

[Nii Lamptey]

The other option with Elliot could be that we renegotiate with Liverpool and remove the 10 game clause. We get an extra body in midfield, Elliot gets minutes playing for the best manager in the country, and Liverpool get a player they want off their books placed in the shop window.